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Blitzer gets personal on Abedin charges

By DYLAN BYERS

08/08/2012 06:33 PM EDT

Three weeks ago CNN's Wolf Blitzer made an uncharacteristic display of emotion when he defended his friend Huma Abedin, a State Department aide, against charges that she was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood.

"It's an outrageous, McCarthy-like charge, to be sure, and she does owe Huma -- who I know well -- an apology," he said at the time.

Blitzer once again exhibited his human side in an interview tonight with former Speaker Newt Gingrich, who seconded the charges that Rep. Michele Bachmann and others have made against Abedin.